Mollys Learning Blog!

The Native Americans were first called American Indians because when Christopher Columbus landed on America he thought he was in India! So he called them Indians and the name has stuck ever since! Christopher was not all wrong though because scientists believe that the Native Americans traveled over a land bridge that connected Asia to America over 10,000 years ago!The Native Americans split in to different tribes and there were loads of them! The Plains Indians lived in the middle with other tribes like Comanche and Arapaho! The Cherokee and the Seminole tribes live in the southeast area of America with other tribes as well.Some Native Americans lived in Teepees. They were build with long poles that were tied together at the top and then they covered it with animal skin mostly buffalo skin!

They also lived in different living spaces like the longhouse and the pueblo! Each tribe had their own unique religion that was very important to them. For example : The Native Americans in the North West of America believed that everything that lived had a guardian spirit! Even the wind, storms and water! Each young boy would have to figure out their Guardian spirit before he could become a man! There are loads of other religions for each tribe! You might have heard of the story Pocahontas? Well she was an American Indian! She is very well known and they made a movie about her! She met a man named Captain John Smith and she saved his live when he came to visit! She also warned the settlers that her father and his warriors were going to attack. She fell in love with an English settler called John Rolfe and they both traveled back to England together but unfortunately she died when she was only 22! Native Americans cloths were mostly made out of animal skins but some tribes began to learn how to make cloths out of plants! Most made their cloths out of deer, buffalo, bison, caribou, and even seal skin! Some even learned out to weave blankets and tunics this included the Navajo and Apache tribes!

This is what a Native American Man would usually wear:

Many of the Native Americans are dead now but there are a few still left around Alaska and Canada. Many died from European diseases and some Europeans gave them these diseases on purpose! Some also died from invaders. Descendants of Native Americans today still try and follow the traditions of their ancestors the Native Americans :D :D

The 1780's in france was a horrible time for the commoners. They had no food and no water, while King Louis 16th and his companions were living a rich live. King Louie had been borrowing money of other country's and using it for his own good so he was in terrible dept. So he started paying the commoners taxes to get more money for themselves!In 1789 the commoners were fed up and stormed the Basstile and demanded the release of the prisoners! When King Louis realised he didn't have control over the commoners anymore, he dressed up as a Russian and ran away to Russia to hide!They soon found him and brought King Louis back to France and took away most of his power. The commoners take control of France but Austria isn't happy that they have taken control and demand they bring the kind back or else! The commoners don't listen to them and cut all there heads of and they also cut King Louis's and his wife's , Marie Antoinette, heads of! Everything gets out of control and soon the commoners are cutting everybody's heads of that don't agree with everything that they say! Soon they have to invent the guillotine because of the amount of heads they were cutting of ! Some of the French get really sick of this group of people cutting heads of and they cut the Robspierre's , the guy who is cutting the heads of, head of!The French Revolution is called 'The Age of Enlightenment' and it lasted from 1789 - 1804. Napolian took control of France in 1804 and became the Emperor of France.

We learned about Nelson Mandela in class before christmas and this is a post on what I learned :DNelson Mandela was born in 1918 in Africa. He grew up in Eastern Cape and went to a christian school. On his first day of school his teacher asked him what his name was and Nelson replied ‘ Rolihlahla’ then the teacher asked if he had another christian name and he replied ‘ No’ so the teacher gave him the name Nelson Mandela.When Nelson was older he travelled to a different part of Africa and saw the horrible way the black people were being treated. In those days Black people weren’t allowed to work,vote or go near white people. Black people and White people weren’t allowed to marry each other either. Nelson fought against the goverment because, like many other people, he didn’t agree with the way these people were being treated. Nelson was put in prison in 1962 for fighting against the goverment. While he was in jail his wife carried on with the protest and lots of other people fought against racial discrimination. Nelson Mandela was 72 when he was released in 1990 after spending 27 years in prison. He inspired people all around the world and became the first black president in South Africa in 1994. Even though he retired in 1999, he still continued to inspire people. He died on December 5th 2013 at the age of 95.

” There is no passion to be found playing small- In settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living" - Nelson Mandela

The most important fact about me is I love animals and music!1. I love singing,dancing,acting,knitting, and going on holidays!2. My favourite subject is Languages! :D3. My favourite food is fajitas! 4. My favourite colour is blue but I like purple as well.5.I absolutely love eating sweets! but now all sweets :D6. I have one dog called Freddy!7. I like cycling :DBut the most important fact about me is I love animals and music!